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Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

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The USA TODAY Restaurants of the Year 2025 list, published today, highlights 44 restaurants across the country that range ...

The city of Aomori, located in Aomori Prefecture, in the far north of Japan’s main island, Honshu, is the snowiest city in ...

President Donald Trump hinted during a news conference that Japan could soon ... from a full story. PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump on Friday night announced he was revoking the ...

BIEI, Hokkaido—Over the course of a year ... landscape” of farmland and trees that enchanted so many throughout Japan and abroad has brought on overtourism that the town government is now ...

Why settle for dinner and chocolates when you can celebrate love with fireworks, parades, and cultural spectacles? Explore ...

SAPPORO, Japan -- The tourism industry in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island, is trying out helicopter tours as a premium travel option, hoping to attract affluent visitors who want a time ...

(Mainichi/Kazuhisa Soneda) SAPPORO -- A South Korean skier died after crashing into a tree on the side of a trail at a resort in the village of Rusutsu in Hokkaido on Feb. 9. According to Hokkaido ...